lanta

/\lɑ̃.ta\/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,417

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lanta is aFrenchverb. It means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe lanter. Pronounced \lɑ̃.ta\. Often confused with lent and last.

Key facts for lanta
PropertyValue
Headwordlanta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lɑ̃.ta\
Letters5
Frequency rank#29,417
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lanta in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lanta is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ̃.ta\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,417 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe lanter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lanta, with forms such as "alnta", "lanat", and "lannta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lent", "last", "luna", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is lanta, spelled L-A-N-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe lanter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alnta,lanat,lannta,lantta,latna,llanta,lnata

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lanta

Misspelling Variants of "lanta"

alnta5lanat5lannta6lantta6latna5llanta6lnata5
Misspelling Variants of "lanta"

Frequency rank: #29,417 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lanta"?
"lanta" is spelled L-A-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃.ta\.
What does "lanta" mean?
As a verb, "lanta" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe lanter.
What words are commonly confused with "lanta"?
"lanta" is commonly confused with "lent", "last", "luna". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lanta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lanta" is \lɑ̃.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lanta" come from?
"lanta" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.